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Largest Gambling Industry: 5,724thFattest Citizens: 12,649thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 22,091st
The Theocracy of
Compulsory Consumerist State
For by wise guidance you can wage your war
Influence
Shoeshiner
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Strong
Political Freedom
Rare

Overview Factbook Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Icoris

Population11.861 billion

CurrencyShekel
AnimalHoopoe

The Theocracy of Icoris is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 11.861 billion Icorisians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The strong Icorisian economy, worth 775 trillion Shekels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 65,355 Shekels, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,023 per year while the poor average 8,909, a ratio of 33.1 to 1.

The government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, surveillance cameras are banned, and Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Icoris's national animal is the Hoopoe, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Icoris is ranked 256,953rd in the world and 4,811th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 48.12 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 5,724thFattest Citizens: 12,649thTop
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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 22,091stMost Pro-Market: 26,777th
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Largest Gambling Industry: 36th in the regionFattest Citizens: 37th in the regionTop
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Most Pro-Market: 123rd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 164th in the regionTop
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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 272nd in the regionMost Devout: 296th in the regionLargest Populations: 304th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 304th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 310th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 415th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 449th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 449th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 491st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 495th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Icoris's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Devout.
  • : Icoris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and Largest Mining Sector.

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